Going anywhere with Charlie, Snoopy, Lucy and the gang is to feel like you are with friends. That might seem cloyingly sentimental but the truth is that if you have grown up with Charles M. Schulz’s delightful creations, all drawn from the expansively imaginative and heartfelt panels of his justly Continue Reading
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The Future is in Her Hands: Ms. Marvel charts a new course in intro trailer
SNAPSHOTMarvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel is a new, original series that introduces Kamala Khan, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero mega fan with an oversized imagination—particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel. Yet Kamala feels Continue Reading
Embrace to chaos: The burred lines between reality and dreams in Moon Knight
SNAPSHOTThe series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Stray Dogs by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner
Stray Dogs is a wickedly clever and charmingly unnerving graphic novel. At first glance, it is all Secret Life of Pets meets 101 Dalmatians meets All Dogs Go to Heaven, a veritable warm hug of a love letter to humanity’s best friend and the selfless people who rescue them from Continue Reading
Behind the scenes: Meet the REAL Lucky the Pizza Dog from Hawkeye
SNAPSHOTFormer Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a Super Hero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail Continue Reading
On 7th day of Christmas … I put 15 more pop culture ornaments on my tree incl. Paddington, View-Master, Goofy, Smurfette, Olaf (Frozen) + Blondie
Is there such a thing as too many new Christmas ornaments. I say NO, although my boyfriend likely thinks there is as the tubs of ornaments threaten to overwhelm our apartment (for the record he loves Christmas and my love of the season), which is why I went crazy this Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: The Orville – Digressions (part 1 & 2) by David A. Goodman / David Cabeza / Michael Atiyeh
You have to hand it to Seth MacFarlane! When he launched The Orville in September 2017, it was styled as a wisecracking, affectionate Star Trek parody that, while possessed of the heart of a great sci-fi storyteller, nevertheless was happy to look askance at the galaxy and muse on its Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Shadecraft by Henderson / Garbett / Fabella / Bowland (issues 1-5)
Growing up is not easy. We all know that much; if you were paying attention growing up, and most of us were, you’ll have realised pretty quickly that life often treated you as a chew toy to be gnawed on over and over, vigorously shaken from side-to-side like you were Continue Reading
Comics review: Mutts Go Green – Earth-friendly tips and comic strips by Patrick McConnell
SNAPSHOTMutts Go Green is a special kids’ collection of the popular comic strip MUTTS, featuring themes of ecology, environmental friendliness, and animal education. This special collection of MUTTS comics for kids includes eco-friendly lessons on how to keep the environment clean and ways to help create a greener future for Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Inkblot (issues 6-10) by Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd
If there is one thing in multitudinous abundance in the expansive, neverendingly imaginative delight that is Inkblot, in this case issues 6 through 10, it is the idea that magic does not cure all ills. In many fantasy settings, that is precisely what it does; one wave of the hand Continue Reading